Ever since Star Wars’ early days as an idea in George Lucas’ brain, they’ve used Japanese terms to describe things. Even the word “Jedi” was a riff on the Japanese term “jidaigeki” meaning period ...

Baylan's description of Ezra as a "Bokken Jedi" redefines the lore of the Jedi, suggesting that non-traditional training can produce powerful Jedi like Luke Skywalker and Rey Skywalker. Baylan's ...

Instructor Terry Reasoner will lead a four-week Bokken course at Maui Ki Aikido starting Aug. 6. Photo courtesy Maui Ki Aikido Maui Ki Aikido will be hosting a four-week introductory course to ...

Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers for Ahsoka Episode 6. Bokken Jedi, like Ezra Bridger, are trained in the wild and learn through experience rather than textbooks, adapting themselves to ...

In Ahsoka Episode 6 “Far, Far, Away”, former Jedi General Baylan Skoll (Ray Stevenson) and his dark side apprentice Shin Hati (Ivanna Sakhno) on the planet Peridea in a distant galaxy, where both ...

In episode six of Ahsoka, we heard a term we’ve never heard before in the saga for a Jedi. When Shin Hati (Ivanna Sakhno) asked her master Baylan Skoll (Ray Stevenson) if he ever knew Ezra Bridger ...